Learning Gleam

A list of resources I've gathered so far

October 14, 2025 2 min read

import gleam/io

pub fn main() {
  io.println("hello, friend!")
}

Projects

• News: Slow link aggregator
• June: File host
• Kirakira: Lobste.rs like forum made in Gleam
• Webring: Blog post
• Constellation: Simple webring database generator

Tutorials

• Language tour
• To do app: finished app
• Deploying Gleam to linux server
• Deploying on Fly.io

Resources

• Gleam
• Gleam Packages
• Gleam Weekly
• Gloogle
• Gleaming
• Awesome Gleam

Blog Posts

• Things I like about Gleam's Syntax
• My Favorite Gleam Feature
• A new Gleam feature I love

Packages

I'm only listing ones I've become familiar with so far.

• Wisp: Web framework
• Mist: Web server
• Gleam erlang: Types and functions for programs running on Erlang
• Gleam http: Types and functions for HTTP clients and servers
• Gleam json: Work with JSON in Gleam
• Dotenv: Load environment variables from files
• Glenvy: Pleasant way to interact with your environment
• Lustre: Frontend framework
• Nakai: HTML
• Birl: Date/Time
• Glailglind: Tailwind for Gleam
• Simplifile: Simple file operations for Gleam that work on all targets (Erlang/Node/Deno)
• Jot: Parser for Djot, a markdown-like language
• Contour: Syntax highlighting for Gleam